მინჯი

Laz

Alternative forms

• მინძი (minżi)

Etymology

Compare dialectal Turkish minci, minzi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

მინჯი • (minci) (plural მინჯეფე)

1. curd
2. A kind of unsalted cheese made by boiling the whey

References

• Marr, N. (1910) “მინჯი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 167b
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 210